All of the images that you add to posts on your WordPress website are clickable by default. When a reader clicks an image, she sees a larger version of the image or the image attachment page that WordPress generates for it. However, you can also edit an image to make it link to something else on your website or elsewhere on the Internet. Set the hyperlink for an image when adding it to a post, or edit the properties of an image attached to an existing post.

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Click the "Posts" heading on the left menu bar of your WordPress website; then click "All Posts" to edit an existing post or "Add New" to begin creating a new one. If you select "All Posts," click the "Edit" link under the post containing the image hyperlink that you want to edit.

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Click the "Add an Image" button above the post editing toolbar to upload an image and attach it to the post. Click "Select Files" and then double-click the image you want to upload. If you’ve already uploaded the image you want to edit, click the image in the post and then click the "Edit Image" button in the upper left corner.

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Remove the current contents of the "Link URL" field and type the URL to which you want the picture to link when clicked.

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Click the "Save All Changes" or "Insert Into Post" button if you are adding a hyperlink to an image that you have just uploaded. Alternately, click the "Update" button if you are adding a hyperlink to an image that was already attached to a post.

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Artman, Jason. "How to Edit a Hyperlink on WordPress Visual." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/edit-hyperlink-wordpress-visual-31735.html. Accessed 25 May 2019.

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